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This study aimed to identify factors that influence the decision to take safety regulatory actions in routine signal management based on spontaneous reports. For this purpose, we analyzed the safety signals identified from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) and related information.
From the signals that the FDA identified in the FAERS between 2008 1Q and 2014 4Q, we selected 216 signals for which regulatory action was or was not taken. Characteristics of the signals were extracted from the FAERS quarterly reports that give information about what signals were identified from the FAERS and what actions were taken for them, and the FAERS data released in the same quarter when the signal was published. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to assess the relationship between the characteristics of each of the signals and the decision on regulatory action.
As a result of the univariate logistic regression analysis, we selected 5 factors (t one-year period before the signal indication and previous awareness potentially associated with the United States regulatory action. When assessing safety signals, we should be careful of the adverse events with a large number of cases accumulated rapidly in a short period. In addition, we should pay attention to new information on not only unknown risks but also previously identified and potential risks.
Sulfide is a well-known toxicant widely distributed in the culture environment. As a representative burrowing benthic bivalve, the razor clam Sinonovacula constricta is highly sulfide tolerant. Mitochondrial sulfide oxidation is an important way for sulfide detoxification, where sulfur dioxygenase (SDO) is the second key enzyme.
To investigate the mechanism of sulfide tolerance in S. constricta, the molecular characterization of its SDO (designated as ScSDO) was studied.
The cDNA sequence of ScSDO was cloned by RACE technique. The response of ScSDO in gills and livers of S. constricta was investigated during sulfide exposure (50, 150, and 300μM sulfide) for 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, and 96h by qRT-PCR. Moreover, the temporal expression of ScSDO protein in S. constricta gills after exposure to 150μM sulfide was detected by Western blot. The subcellular location of ScSDO was identified by TargetP 1.1 prediction and Western Blot analysis.
The full-length cDNA of ScSDO was 2914bp, encoding a protein of 304ills play a more critical role in sulfide detoxification.Genetically encodable proteins that photosensitize the production of singlet oxygen, O2(a1Δg), will play an increasingly important role in elucidating mechanisms of cellular processes modulated by reactive oxygen species, ROS, and changes in redox balance. In the development of such tools, it is essential to characterize the oxygen-dependent photophysics of the protein-encased chromophore. Of the O2(a1Δg)-photosensitizing systems recently developed, a protein-bound derivative of Malachite Green has several desirable features (1) it absorbs light at wavelengths longer than those typically absorbed by endogenous molecules, and (2) the chromophore becomes a viable sensitizer only when bound to the activating protein. However, we now demonstrate that the photophysics of this Malachite Green system is not simple. Our data indicate that, with an increase in the concentration of ground-state oxygen, O2(X3Σg-), the yield of O2(a1Δg) does not increase in a proportional manner. Moreover, the lifetime of O2(a1Δg) decreases as the O2(X3Σg-) concentration is increased. One mechanism that could account for our observations involves the concomitant photo-initiated formation of O2(a1Δg) and the superoxide radical anion. We propose that the superoxide ion acts as a dynamic diffusion-dependent quencher to influence the O2(a1Δg) lifetime and as a static quencher within the protein enclosure to influence the measured O2(a1Δg) yield. Thus, in the least, caution should be exercised when using this Malachite Green system to probe mechanisms of ROS-mediated processes. Our results contribute to a better understanding of the general photophysics of protein-bound O2(a1Δg) sensitizers which, in turn, facilitates the further development of these useful mechanistic tools.In the present study, porphyrin-based metal-organic framework (Co/PMOF) was synthesized and characterized by different spectra analyses. The photoluminescence properties of porphyrin and Co/PMOF revealed that the photoluminescence of Co/PMOF was quenched compared to the porphyrin, indicating that the lifetime of photo-generated charge carriers in Co/PMOF is longer than porphyrin. The prepared Co/PMOF was applied as an efficient photocatalyst for CO2 photoconversion to formate in the presence of triethanolamine (TEOA) as a sacrificial agent under visible-light irradiation. The photoreaction results showed that 23.21 µmol HCOO- was produced over Co/PMOF during the 6 h photocatalytic reaction under visible illumination, showing much better activity than the porphyrin, 4.56 µmol HCOO-. No other products were detected, suggesting that this reaction over Co/PMOF has high selectivity. Co/PMOF reusability and stability were examined through recycling tests and there were no remarkable losses of photoactivity even after three cycles of photoreaction. Alvelestat price Moreover, FTIR measurement and UV-Vis spectra demonstrated no notable changes in Co/PMOF structure. As a result, superior photocatalytic behavior of Co/PMOF was implied for CO2 photoreduction which highlights the great potential of assembly porphyrin and cobalt into MOFs for CO2 photoreduction.Stimuli-responsive pigments are very interesting for several technological applications, such as food and cosmetic colorants, color-based sensors and fluorescence probes, among others. In this work, the synthesis of a new xanthylium-derived pigment was developed and the chemical and photophysical properties in hydroalcoholic solution at different pH values were investigated by UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. The UV-Vis titration of 3,6,8-trihydroxy-11-methylpyranoxanthylium has shown four different colored chemical species (AH+, A, A- and A2-) in hydroalcoholic solution in a pH range between 1 and 12 with the thermodynamic acidic constants of pKa1 = 4.80 ± 0.03, pKa2 = 6.51 ± 0.05 and pKa3 = 8.64 ± 0.01. Regarding fluorescence properties, this dye revealed an interesting pH-dependent emission behavior. In fact, the anionic quinoidal base A- predominant at pH range between 5 and 9 should be mainly responsible for the pronounced fluorescence intensity observed at λex 467 nm/λem 510 nm pair (maximum at pH 7.